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The CEO’s Correction
The CEO’s Correction
It was odd that Paul wanted a one-on-one with me. When I was first hired he and I would meet weekly. Sales are always tenuous with a new…
Elliot Nichols
Apr 6
Samantha
Samantha
The kickballs they used in gym class were always slightly deflated. This was done on purpose so when they made impact with. a kid’s chest…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 23
Marcus
Marcus
When Marcus was 14 years old he got the shit beaten out of him. Not by his asshole father or older brother, either. Marcus had grown up…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 4
A Bartender’s Trigger
A Bartender’s Trigger
When the sales bros want to go to a bar, you’re labeled a pussy if you don’t go. This is a label I’d worn several times, but I wasn’t in…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 9
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Sam’s Room
Sam’s Room
Her room always smelled like faintly like cocoa butter. The sweet milky smell hung gently in the air. The elevator in her building was a…
Elliot Nichols
22 hrs ago
The Coffee Date
The Coffee Date
Conference days are usually a tremendous waste of time. If you don’t learn anything and you don’t connect with someone you think is…
Elliot Nichols
5 days ago
A Peek Behind the Tapestry — Hello
Wait, You Can Write Letters?
At present 57 people are following the Tapestry story. I am incredibly grateful to all of you. It’s a big ask — your time and attention — for my fiction.
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I’m going to be honest, I didn’t even know that publications could send letters until I did a little clicking around my own inbox and found letters from publications I follow.
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I wanted to use this function to give you a little peak behind the curtain (or Tapestry as it were) into the formation of the story, it’s goals and hopefully spark…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 31
The Panel
The Panel
Everyone who ever speaks on a panel wants to finish as a rock star. Make no mistake, no one who ever volunteers to give a talk or sit on a…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 30
The Conference
The Conference
I am not the biggest fan of conferences. They tend to exhaust my reserve of social energy. That said, our CEO thought it was important for…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 16
Cheryl and The Date
Cheryl and The Date
Cheryl had been dating Greg for about two months. On their fifth or maybe sixth date they’d gone home together. He came back to her place…
Elliot Nichols
Mar 9
The Change
The Change
The Change couldn’t be seen while I was in it’s midst. It was only after it had taken place fully that I could recognize it. But once I…
Elliot Nichols
Feb 4
The Job
The Job
Marcus liked to walk over to my desk and put his hand on the table in front of me while I was working.
Elliot Nichols
Feb 5
Bus Lady
Bus Lady
I wait for a bus every working day of my life. Each and every one of those days as far back as I can remember a woman waited for that same…
Elliot Nichols
Feb 1
The CEO and the Bookkeeper
The CEO and the Bookkeeper
Paul was the CEO of our company. He and I were roughly the same age. What I liked about Paul was that he was quiet more than he spoke…
Elliot Nichols
Feb 5
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